
The Jewish skeleton collection was an attempt by the Nazis to create an anthropological display to the alleged racial inferiority of the ” Jewish race” and to emphasize the Jews’ status as Untermenschen (“sub-humans”), in contrast to the German race , which the Nazis considered to be Aryan Übermenschen . The collection was housed at the Anatomy Institute at the Reich University of Strasbourg in the annexed region of Alsace , where the initial preparation of the bodies was performed. Read More…